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2. Oct. 31 |
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3. Nov. 7 |
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4. Nov. 14 |
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5. Nov. 21 |
Infrastructure for innovation—Midterm report due |
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6. Nov. 28 |
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8. Dec. 12 |
Sharing our learning—Final report due |
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OUTLINE OF CLASS TOPICS,
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Oct. 26 Topics:
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Course Introduction and Overview (back to top)
What is innovation? What is change? How do they occur? Course organization and procedures. Student introductions, team formations, & topic selections Introduction to CourseLib and Information Literacy by UofM Librarian, Mary Schoenborn Class slides by Prof. Van de Ven
Read: Mgmt 6050 course syllabus. Innovation Journey, Forward, Preface, Chp. 1
and pp. 215-222. Van de Ven, “Note on Building an Argument”
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Oct. 31 Topics:
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2. Mapping the Innovation Journey (back to top)
Team discussion questions about individually-selected innovation cases:
Class slides by Prof. Van de Ven
Read: Innovation Journey, Chapter 2 Select your own innovation case and fill out this case form to examine your case in terms of the 12 common elements of the innovation journey that are discussed in chapter 2. Bring your completed case form to class today for discussion.
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3. Models and Methods for Innovation and Change (back to top)
The need for alternative ways of thinking about innovation and change.Four ways to explain change: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, & evolution.Methods for analyzing cases or problems (See Diamond Model). Discussion questions: Explain WHY your case unfolded as it did.1. What triggered the process? 2. What guided the development period? 3. Why did it end the way it did? Class slides by Prof. Van de Ven Read: Van de Ven, “Organization Change” in Encyclopedia
Review Van de Ven, “Note on Building an Argument” Recommended supplementary readings you can download from UofM Library Electronic Reserve:1. Delbeq & Van de Ven, “The Program Planning Model.” 2. Greiner, “Evolution and Revolution in Organizational Growth.” 3. Miner, “Seeking Adaptive Advantage: Evolutionary Theory & Managerial Action.” |
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4. New Company Startup (Qnetics) and Joint Venture (TAP) Cases (back to top)
Student teams discuss case questions: 1. What problems did this case encounter in its development? 2. Which of these problems are inherent to new company startups or joint venture case? 3. Propose and argue a better way to handle one these problems. Presentations by Team 1 on Qnetics and Team 2 on TAP Class Notes by Prof. Van de Ven Notes on new business startups by Prof. Van de Ven
Read: either Qnetics case Chpt. 10, or TAP case Chp. 9 in Innovation Journey Aldrich & Auster, “Even Dwarfs Started Small” on Electronic Reserve See information about entrepreneurship on Mgmt 6050 CourseLib
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5. Internal Corporate Innovation Case: Cochlear Implant (back to top) Student Teams discuss case questions: 1. What problems did CIP encounter in its development? 2. Which of these problems are common to internal corporate innovation projects? 3. Propose and argue a better way to handle one these problems. Presentations by Team 3 and Team 4 Class Slides by Prof. Van de Ven Note on decision biases
Read: Cochlear Implant case in Innovation Journey, Chp. 8. Summaries of Chandy & Tellis’s studies of the incumbent's curse and cannibalizing your products. Complete Online Leadership Survey by the end of today.
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6. Learning the Innovation Journey (back to top)
Student teams discuss learning in CIP and Qnetics or TAP cases: 1. What learning disabilities did the cases exhibit? 2. Propose a practical way to minimize these learning disabilities. 3. Present an argument for your proposal. Presentations by Team 5 and Team 1 Class slides on learning by Prof. Van de Ven
Read Innovation Journey Chp. 3. Garvin, “Building a Learning Organization,” from UofM Library Electronic Reserve
Not all people learn the same way. To get an idea of your own learning style, please complete before class the web version of the Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire. Assess your scores by reading the Learning Styles Descriptors. For more information read R. Felder, “Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education” and Richard Felder’s home page.
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Nov. 16 Topics:
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7. Leading the Innovation Journey (back to top)
Feedback and discussion of results of Online Leadership Survey that you completed last week. Student teams discuss leadership in CIP and Qnetics or TAP cases: 1. What problems of leadership did the cases experience? 2. Propose a practical way to increase effectiveness of leadership in each case. 3. Present an argument for your proposal. Presentations by Team 2 and Team 3 Class notes on leadership by Prof. Van de Ven
Read Innovation Journey Chp. 4. Quinn & Foreman, “Becoming a Master Manager” Chp. 1. on E-reserves
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Nov. 21 Topics
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8. Managing External Relationships in the Innovation Journey (back to top)
Teams examine how 3M CIP’s relationships developed with HEI, Hochmair, Nucleus and FDA. 1. What more or less should 3M-CIP have done in managing each relationship? 2. How did these relationships affect the development of the industry infrastructure? 3. Under what conditions and on what issues should 3M have "run in packs” and “not alone?" Presentations by Team 4 and Team 5 Class slides on 3M-CIP relations by Prof. Van de Ven
Read Innovation Journey Chp. 5. Van de Ven and Ring, “Relying on Trust in Cooperative IORs”
Case comparison report questions (due Nov. 23) 1.
How is your cases similar and different
to Qnetics and CIP in terms of the common elements
of the innovation journey, learning, leadership, and external
relationships? 2.
Diagnose a key problem or issue that
was common to the three cases. 3.
Propose a recommendation for managing
this problem. Please attach this Midterm Report Evaluation Form as the cover page of your report. Methods for analyzing cases or problems (See Diamond Model).
Example of a good midterm report by Karen Buhr
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Nov. 23 Topics:
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9. Building an Infrastructure for the Innovation Journey (back to top)
Audio streaming of Thomas Friedman on the World is Flat from Minnesota Public Radio Discussion questions: 1. How does a ‘flat world’ influence the management of innovation? 2. Design an innovation infrastructure for a ‘flat world.’ Class slides on Innovation Infrastructure by Prof. Van de Ven
Read Innovation Journey Chp. 6 Van de Ven, “The Context-Specific Nature of Competence” Submit Case comparison report in class today
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10. Adopting and Diffusing Organizational Innovation and Change (back to top)
Guest innovation manager, Dr. Thomas J. Marr, MD, Associate Medical Director, HealthPartners Health Plan, Specialty Care
Live case on innovation adoption/diffusion of patient treatment of low back pain Teams discuss the following questions about the case with Dr. Thomas J. Marr, MD. 1. Diagnose the problems of innovation adoption and diffusion in this case. 2. Explore how these problems might be addressed f you followed the advice in the readings?
Class notes on innovation adoption & diffusion by Prof. Van de Ven Slides on low back pain project by Dr. Marr
Read: This article on low back pain Geller, Cockell, & Drab “Assessing Readiness for change” on E-reserves Piderit, “Rethinking Resistance and Recognizing Ambivalence,” on E-reserves Cialdini “Persuasion” on E-reserves
Teams prepare recommendations on case for Dr. Marr on Wednesday
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Nov. 30
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